Honduras

2010

New York, December
30, 2010--Honduran radio reporter and cable news presenter Henry Suazo was shot
to death Tuesday morning as he was leaving his home in La Masica, a town in Atlántida
province, according to news
reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Honduran
authorities to conduct an immediate and thorough investigation into the killing.

At least 42 journalists are killed in 2010
as two trends emerge. Suicide attacks and violent street protests cause an
unusually high proportion of deaths. And online journalists are increasingly prominent
among the victims. A CPJ special report

New York, September 16, 2010--Honduran authorities must fully investigate an attempted shooting on Tuesday of journalist Luis Galdámez Álvarez, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Unidentified gunmen in the capital, Tegucigalpa, shot at Galdámez outside his home, he told CPJ. Galdámez was uninjured.

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New York, August 25, 2010--Honduran radio reporter Israel Zelaya Díaz was found shot to death on Tuesday along a rural road near the northern city of San Pedro Sula, the latest in an alarming string of journalist murders in the country. The Committee to Protect Journalists called on Honduran authorities today to conduct an immediate and thorough investigation into Zelaya's killing.

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In a letter to the editor published
Sunday in The New York Times, Honduran
minister on human rights Ana Pineda took issue with the findings of CPJ's recent
special
report on the murders of seven local reporters this year. Our report, which
the Times detailed in a July 27 story, found
a pattern of botched and negligent investigative work by Honduran authorities, which
has fostered a climate of impunity in attacks on the press. In her letter, Pineda
asserted that "all cases have been fully investigated," but her claim appears
to be flawed.

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Seven journalists are murdered in a matter of weeks. After minimizing the crimes, Honduran authorities are slow and negligent in pursuing the killers. The government is fostering a climate of lawlessness that is allowing criminals to kill journalists with impunity. A CPJ Special Report by Mike O’Connor

New
York, June 15, 2010—An unidentified
attacker gunned down TV journalist Luis Arturo Mondragón late Monday night in
the city of El Paraíso, eastern Honduras,
according to local news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists today
called on Honduran authorities to fully investigate Mondragón’s killing, the seventh in the country this year.

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New York, May 4, 2010—The
Committee to Protect Journalists urged Honduran authorities today to thoroughly
investigate death threats against two television reporters who covered the
March murder of colleague Nahúm Palacios Arteaga in the region of Aguán.

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New York, April 21,
2010—The Committee to Protect Journalists voiced deep concern today at the
killing of Honduran television anchor Jorge Alberto Orellana, the sixth journalist
killed in the country since March.